Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

Lu Ze thought about Ruan Xishi's affairs at night, so that he couldn't sleep, and fell asleep very late. When he woke up the next day, it was already daylight.

Today is also a good weather. Lu Ze opened the window and could see the morning light outside. The rising sun shone on the village, dispelling the night's fog and chill. A big red-feathered rooster crows from time to time.

Lu Ze yawned and opened the bedroom door, seeing that the door of the opposite room was still closed, he thought that Ruan Xishi had overslept just like him, so he knocked on the door to wake someone up.

He knocked a few times and there was no response. He felt strange in his heart, but he didn't continue. He turned around to drink water, and only then did he see the message note under the cup.

Brother Lu Ze, I've gone to the field. I'll put my breakfast in the pot and wait for me to cook when I come back at noon.

Ruan Xishi's handwriting is very neat, one stroke at a time, very similar to the font used by primary school students practicing handwriting, it looks a little naive, but also a little tough, similar to himself, obviously he is still a teenager, Physical fitness is not very good, but there is a persistent brute force.

After reading the note, Lu Ze put it back. After moistening his throat with a drink of water, he went out into the kitchen.

The stove in the kitchen was tidy, as if no one had ever used it. If Ruan Xishi hadn't left a message saying that breakfast was covered in a pot, Lu Ze would have thought that he went to work in the field without making breakfast.

Lifting the lid of the pot, there were two boiled sweet potatoes and an egg inside. When Lu Ze knocked on the eggs, he saw that there were only sweet potato skins and no egg shells in the garbage bucket, so he concluded that Ruan Xishi's child only boiled an egg for him. , I must have only eaten sweet potatoes.

How could there be such a considerate and sensible child, and under what circumstances did he cultivate his character? Lu Ze felt that he was getting more and more concerned about Ruan Xishi's affairs.

Lu Ze finished eating the breakfast that Ruan Xishi left for him, and felt that he had nothing to do at home and was bored, so he thought about going out for a walk to familiarize himself with the environment of the village.He didn't know where Ruan Xishi went, but the village was so big, he would always see it when he walked around.

As soon as he went out, he met people who had returned from working in the fields.When people in the village catch up with farming, they will get up very early no matter in spring, summer, autumn or winter, and go to work in the field at dawn. Often, they have almost done their morning work as soon as the sun rises, and then go home for breakfast , After eating, I went to work again.

When people in the village saw him, they asked him if he had eaten, but Lu Ze pretended not to hear, and replied politely that he had eaten.

Seeing him going out alone, the villagers asked, "Are you going to find Shi Zai?"

Hearing this question from others, Lu Ze subconsciously asked back: "Do you know where he is? He said he went to the field."

The villager pointed back and said to him, "Here, Shi Zai's house is over there. You can see him as you keep walking. It's very close to the side of the road."

Lu Ze thanked the other party, and then walked unhurriedly to Ruan Xishi's house.

When Ruan Xishi was buying seeds yesterday, he realized that it was time to grow corn and peanuts. Thinking that his land had not been dug, he got up early this morning. He didn’t have time to prepare breakfast, so he just put it in the pot. I bought a few sweet potatoes, and while they were cooking, I went to wash up and deal with major life issues. After eating two sweet potatoes, I went out with a kettle and a shovel on my shoulders.

He had also plowed the land with his grandfather before, and he knew the general farming skills.Before plowing the land, weeds must be shoveled, and the grass roots are thrown on the ridge of the field, and the grass leaves are turned over and buried in the soil as fertilizer.Cultivating land is to turn the upward soil to the bottom, so that the soil below is upward. First, it can loosen the soil and facilitate the growth of seeds. Second, it can achieve the effect of land recycling.

Plowing the land is not difficult, but it is easy to get tired. If you use a shovel to plow the land for a long time, your arms and knees will be sore.

Although Ruan Xishi had experienced farming in the past, his grandfather was there at that time, and he was often in charge of most of the land, so he could only play like a playhouse.But this year all the land has to be plowed by himself. He is so tired that he can only work for a while and rest for a while. The efficiency is very low. Others have already plowed a part of the land and go home to have breakfast. He is still staying in the field. , which frustrates him.

The sun soon rose high, and even in March, the sun was still very hot. Seeing that there was still a lot of land, Ruan Xishi couldn't help but sighed, took a rest for a while and continued to work.

Lu Ze saw Ruan Xishi digging and shoveling in the field from a long distance away. He approached, but Ruan Xishi didn't find him because he was buried in the field, so he yelled, and Ruan Xishi raised his head and saw him coming. .

Now Ruan Xishi didn't care about fighting the land anymore, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in surprise, "Brother Lu Ze, how do you know I'm here?"

Seeing that his face was flushed red, Lu Ze must have worked very hard. It must have been a bit hard for him to plow the five cents of the land with a child.He walked into the field and asked, "Why don't you tell me when you come out to plow the land, so that I can come and help."

Ruan Xishi smiled innocently and said, "I just came to test whether the land is easy to plow. I didn't intend to finish plowing it today, so I didn't tell you. Did you have breakfast, is it enough?"

When he asked, Lu Ze thought about the eggs again. Looking at Ruan Xishi's sincere and honest expression, he wanted to blame him, but he couldn't, so he nodded and said, "It's you who eat enough in the morning and work hard." Are you tired by now?"

Ruan Xishi smiled and said, "I'm not tired, I'm already used to it."

Lu Ze took a look at the size of the land. If Ruan Xishi plowed it by himself, it would take two or three days. He regretted not checking if there were any spare shovels at home when he went out, so come here and help him a little bit. .

Ruan Xishi saw him standing motionless under the sun, the sun was shining directly on his smooth face, and he would sweat in a while, so she said to him: "Brother Lu Ze, go home first, I'll be fine in a while." , the sun is shining here."

Lu Ze smiled and said, "The weather is so good after all, it doesn't matter if you get some more sun. Do you need my help? Do you want to pull out these weeds?"

When Ruan Xi saw that he was about to pull weeds with bare hands, she quickly stopped him and said, "No, brother Lu Ze, don't touch them with your hands, they have soft thorns on them!"

Lu Ze had no choice but to stop and asked helplessly, "What should we do then?"

Ruan Xishi said: "I'll just use a shovel to shovel it off later. Brother Lu Ze, you should go home and rest."

Lu Ze said helplessly: "I agreed to live in your house to help you with the work, but you keep letting me rest, how can I be ashamed."

Ruan Xishi whispered: "There will always be times when you will be useful, and when the summer is harvested, you will have to help me carry the grain."

Lu Ze laughed and teased him, "Aren't you afraid that by then I'll have recovered my memory and left?"

Ruan Xishi was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, obviously he was not ready for Lu Ze to leave, and after a while he said, "It's a good thing that you recovered your memory, I should be happy."

Lu Ze saw that he didn't look like he was telling a lie, and saw that he was standing helplessly on the ground, a little silly and pitiful, so he couldn't bear to tease him anymore, but said to him: "Don't worry, even if I want to Get up on your own business, and I won't just let you go."

Ruan Xishi became happy when she heard this, and nodded foolishly: "Yeah!"

Lu Ze said again: "Then let's take turns to plow the land. You plow for a while and then I come. It will be more efficient."

After hearing this, Ruan Xishi looked at him hesitantly and asked, "Can you plow the land?"

Lu Ze said with a smile: "There is nothing you are born with. If you don't know it, you have to learn it. Just teach me."

Because Lu Ze insisted on plowing the land, Ruan Xishi had no choice but to guide him. Once he got started, Ruan Xishi would be able to find time to rest in a shaded place.

During this period of time, the weather returned to the south, the temperature rose and the rain was abundant, and the grass in the field grew very well. Ruan Xishi sat and had nothing to do, so he picked up a weed and played with it in his hand. Green catches the eye.

Lu Ze was so hot that he took off his coat and threw it casually on the ridge of the field. Even if he insisted on exercising all the time, he couldn't bear the fatigue of plowing the land all the time. He also wanted to do all the morning work by himself and let Ruan Xishi take a good rest .

He looked towards Ruan Xishi, and saw Ruan Xishi squatting in the weeds, looking here and there, not knowing what he was looking for.

Is it catching frogs or crickets?Isn't there such a description in elementary school textbooks, children in the village will catch bugs and make toys.The more Lu Ze thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. After all, no matter how self-reliant and self-reliant Ruan Xishi was, he was just a teenage boy, and it was normal to catch bugs and play.

Thinking about it this way, he still feels a little relieved, this kind of Ruan Xishi only looks like an eighteen/nine-year-old boy.

The result was different from what he thought. When Ruan Xishi stood up, he realized that Ruan Xishi was not catching frogs and crickets, but weeds.

Holding a handful of weeds in his hand, Ruan Xishi ran over happily, and said to Lu Ze like a treasure: "This is white cauliflower, scientific name is nightshade, it is a kind of herb, it can also be cooked and eaten, although it is a bit bitter, but Boiling soup with eggs is delicious, brother Lu Ze, let's have this for lunch."

Lu Ze looked at the green nightshade in his hand and nodded.